discommend

dis·com·mend

(dĭs′kə-mĕnd′)

tr.v. dis·com·mend·ed, dis·com·mend·ing, dis·com·mends

1. To show or voice disapproval of.

2. To cause to come into disfavor or ill regard.

dis′com·mend′a·ble adj.

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discommend

(ˌdɪskəˈmɛnd)

vb (tr)

1. rare to express disapproval of

2. obsolete to bring into disfavour

ˌdiscomˈmendable adj

disˌcommenˈdation n

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dis•com•mend

(ˌdɪs kəˈmɛnd)

v.t.

1. to express disapproval of.

2. to bring into disfavor.

[1485–95]

dis`com•mend′er, n.

discommend

Past participle: discommended
Gerund: discommending

Imperative
discommend
discommend

Present
I discommend
you discommend
he/she/it discommends
we discommend
you discommend
they discommend

Preterite
I discommended
you discommended
he/she/it discommended
we discommended
you discommended
they discommended

Present Continuous
I am discommending
you are discommending
he/she/it is discommending
we are discommending
you are discommending
they are discommending

Present Perfect
I have discommended
you have discommended
he/she/it has discommended
we have discommended
you have discommended
they have discommended

Past Continuous
I was discommending
you were discommending
he/she/it was discommending
we were discommending
you were discommending
they were discommending

Past Perfect
I had discommended
you had discommended
he/she/it had discommended
we had discommended
you had discommended
they had discommended

Future
I will discommend
you will discommend
he/she/it will discommend
we will discommend
you will discommend
they will discommend

Future Perfect
I will have discommended
you will have discommended
he/she/it will have discommended
we will have discommended
you will have discommended
they will have discommended

Future Continuous
I will be discommending
you will be discommending
he/she/it will be discommending
we will be discommending
you will be discommending
they will be discommending

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been discommending
you have been discommending
he/she/it has been discommending
we have been discommending
you have been discommending
they have been discommending

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been discommending
you will have been discommending
he/she/it will have been discommending
we will have been discommending
you will have been discommending
they will have been discommending

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been discommending
you had been discommending
he/she/it had been discommending
we had been discommending
you had been discommending
they had been discommending

Conditional
I would discommend
you would discommend
he/she/it would discommend
we would discommend
you would discommend
they would discommend

Past Conditional
I would have discommended
you would have discommended
he/she/it would have discommended
we would have discommended
you would have discommended
they would have discommended

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References in classic literature ?

Homer also discommends the government of many; but whether he means this we are speaking of, or where each person exercises his power separately, is uncertain.

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For example, we may use the term of ethical value or moral value to commend a person's action when he saves the boy from drowning at the risk of his life, but we can't use moral action to discommend someone who refuses to save the boy from drowning.

A conceptual map of ethical literary criticism: an interview with Nie Zhenzhao

At the point of purchase, the temptations for rebating or deal making or any of the host of other problems outlined by the producer Associations' leaders discommend this regulation.